aussie invaders...

[stevodude]

Hi, another short term lurker here,

Living in north queensland, Mackay.

bought 1990 3cv fj1200 about 8 months ago with unknown KM on the clock (said 38,000 but i'd be inclined to say it is 138k ) :-)

no matter tho, she still honks along with the latest blackbirds/xjr's/duc's etc

bought in may, replaced all wheel bearings, stearing bearings, rear rortors/pads, bulbs, stripped the fairing and fibreglass kitteed various cracks in the fairing. done about 8,000km since then and goes great!

front mudguard (rear section) has cracked the mounts off completely, (after some fibreglassing), so Will be either looking to refabricate the whole fron (rear section guard) or hunting down a second and one (all Ive seen are broken ones the same), or an alternate mud guard off a different model?

I have a new tyre on the front Avon Storm AV55, which made a hughe difference to the fron t handling, but will still bottom out occasionally.

So I really don't want to spend $ on a whole front end conversion yet.

anyway, great forums for fj owners!

Cheers, stevo.

[Harvy]

Steveo......welcome to the group.....

Ex-Mackayite myself.......... lived there from 1983 thru to 2000 when I came down here to the Sunshine Coast.

Cheers
Harvy

[waricle]

Gooday Stevo & welcome.
How's the wet season treating you?

[ren-dog]

Hey stevodude,
Greetings from further north.
Glad the cane toads are keeping their numbers up, here on the forum too! 

[oldktmdude]

G'day and welcome stevodude, keep us informed on the progress with the front guard, mate. I've got a similar situation to yours to deal with. I spoke to a local wrecker today (he's got 3 fj1100s in stock) and says he's never had a fj come in with an intact  front guard. Maybe they're like hens teeth, here in Oz!  Regards, Peter.

[Kopfjaeger]

dont mean to gloat but mines ok... chuckles... sorry... its about the only bit that doesnt rattle... the plastic plugs on the air scoop sing a merry stattaco and the plastic push pins rattle, the dash rattles, my screen is starting to crack. gotto love it!!!!

[Klavdy]

Welcome to the FJ forum.

Don't fuck around fibre glassing cracked dung.
Buy new shit from Zanottis.

Use your spell checker.
Don't be a Bogan.
Only Seppos call themselves Dude.
Paragraphs make for easier reading.
Teenage girls and their mental equivalents use smileys.

[Bob]

...
Teenage girls and their mental equivalents use smileys.

I feel younger already 

[Kopfjaeger]

you sound a touch cumudgeon ish there klavdy  cheer up have a smile 

[roverfj1200]

Welcome to the FJ forum.

Don't fuck around fibre glassing cracked dung.
Buy new shit from Zanottis.

Use your spell checker.
Don't be a Bogan.
Only Seppos call themselves Dude.
Paragraphs make for easier reading.
Teenage girls and their mental equivalents use smileys.

Welcome aboard Stevo.. Have a 3cv myself... As you can see we have a resident clown.. No offence Klavdy I did chuckle when I read your post..

whoops thats the teenage girl in me...

Cheers..

[threejagsteve]

Teenage girls...

What were you saying?

[stevodude]

Well Ihad a day off, so I went and scored some 3x20mm aluminum bar, and a sheet of 1mm aluminum, in the hopes of building a guard.

results you see below, with the addition of a rubber mud flap after I build the guard and put it on, then found some rubber matting lying around the workshop, now it's probably better than original, albiet DIY looking hahaha 

Total cost including stainless nuts/bolts and aluminium pop rivets $15, but took a couple of hours to design, cut, bend and drill.

pickies are a bit fuziie being a phone camera.

ps I'll be 40 ...  FOURTY! in a couple of weeks, so i'll throw in a couple of smilleys just incase it works.   

[Arnie]

Well, your efforts at repairing/strengthening the guard look serviceable, but butt ugly.
Couldn't you have made the brace to fit INside the guard and paint the legs black to help hide them?

BTW, you can put as many smileys in your message as you like, it still won't get you into a teenage girl any easier.

Welcome to the madhouse,
Arnie

[stevodude]

yes, she is a tad square looking, and painting takes time out from riding.

maybe when I build a mkII front guard, I'll most likely replace the whole guard to make it look cleaner.

[gradice]

G'day Stevo & welcome!!!!

Don't worry bout K-man, he's Special!!!!!!!!